fully fully reconciled that andrew symonds joins me now live from london andrew these big plans from doris johnson to get many many people tens of millions of doses of the vaccine distributed over the coming 3 months is it logistically possible. a lot of people are working out whether it is there is concerned it has to be said we're hearing from the medical profession and also some scientists about a an assurance like this it's a very ambitious plan to get tens of millions in the of 3 months it is really not an issue of the supply of the vaccine it's it's more the logistics of getting out to wall areas warm a lot of research suggests that only one in 4 people in the u.k. are near a vaccination center which is rather alarming but there is a plan to roll out a lot more in the way of ability of the vaccine with this launch of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine on monday which is a easier vaccine to distribute to g. use and to store furthermore there is this widening of the gap between the 1st and the 2nd doses of the pfizer vaccination which started a nearly a month ago now in the u.k. tha

speaking in edinburgh announcing the start of a new tougher knockdown for scotland met spring and andrew symonds who is live for us in london andrew given the numbers that we're seeing in the u.k. and in scotland of course was this expected. yes perhaps not quite so soon boris johnson the u.k. prime minister is saying that he will be announcing stricter tougher measures in england soon then we've heard this from nicholas sturgeon it isn't surprising there is a really huge search going on right the way across the country it isn't limited to london and the southeast it is as as she's pointed out it is not slowing down it's going way up and she's learned that in scotland the new variant accounts for almost half of all new cases so that there definitely it has spread well beyond what some people thought it had she says that it's it's going to be a similar lockdown to the one in march so that will be right across the board completely national in terms of scotland there's no grading as such it would seem people have to stay at home unless for 4 special reasons this will come into effect from midnight

after the country's health regular have made it the 2nd treatments to be approved after that of 5 andrew symonds reporting for us today on this one. the type of news which we need to see the fact that there is another vaccine out there and that things can ramp up. arguably the most critical time in this pandemic certainly here in europe this vaccine is what's being one suit all along it is the only approved vaccine which is actually able to be administered anywhere effectively it can be stored. for each temperature which is the crucial aspect which means it is basically it's easy to administer as well so it is hoped that will be a much more rapid pick up in the rates of vaccinations this coming when the rates of infection is highest yet in the u.k. with a dramatic situation which the government is facing and warnings that there could be a full stall on top of the 4 levels of restrictions in the u.k. right now now the flow of people here is quite small only a small number of hospitals rolling this vaccine out but it will end up with be thousands of centers by the end of the week i'm all beyond th

cop 26 climate change summit in glasgow we'll discuss this more that gets to know i mean 1st andrew symonds reports from london had the changes will affect people and businesses. finally the bells of big ben bring bricks it in with the trade deal taking the u.k. out of the european union the end of a relationship that dates back nearly half a century brussels had set the time midnight in belgium 11 o'clock here in the u.k. e.u. had already made its other adjustments with only a day to spare the trade treaty had been signed and sealed within the shores of this island nation british politicians say sovereignty has been fully restored the political slogan we must take back control had gone down well with the majority of voters now it's going to be put to the test it's good to be better we need to govern ourselves and be our own bosses but it's going to be a lot of stress between everyone anyway because it's a very unknown and people don't deal with change. in legal terms it was 11 months ago that the u.k. left the e.u. nearly a year of transition followed with the trade deal now in place brics

are ready for use this is the 2nd vaccine to be approved for use more from our correspondent andrew symonds he is outside the hospital in london this coming when the rate of infection is highest yet in the u.k. with the dramatic situation which the government is facing and warnings that there could be a full lock down and store on top of the 4 levels of restrictions in the u.k. right now now the flow of people here is quite small small number of hospitals rolling this vaccine out but it will end up with be thousands of centers by the end of the week or more beyond that but many questions about the logistics involved. china is ramping up its covert $900.00 vaccinations after starting an inoculation drive in beijing on friday people deemed to be at high risk of exposure took over 19 of the 1st to get the shot that will include medical workers overseas students and port workers elderly people and those with underlying conditions next beijing's municipal government aims to vaccinate all of its 22000000 citizens by the 2nd week of february. now the news and a court in the u.k. is expected to rul

races to get a handle on a crippling 2nd wave prompted by a dangerous new strain of the virus andrew symonds reports from london. a shot in the arm of the oxford university astra zeneca vaccine 1st for the u.k. but any fanfare for the rollout of the initial half a 1000000 doses of the vaccine was lost and replaced by a realisation that the spread of covert in the u.k. is out of control i think it's a really critical moment we. at the point of being overwhelmed by this disease so i think it gives us a bit of hope but i think we've got some tough weeks ahead of the u.k. prime minister boris johnson flagged the need for tougher restrictions with infection rates still climbing beyond the levels of the 1st wave and the number dead now at 75000 well i'm i'm going to. ask you to wait and we will be pretty. producing everything that we think is necessary to keep people from spreading the virus if you think about it we've already got a lot of the country in interior force on the interior 3 what we've been waiting for is to see the the impact to the tier 4 measures on the on the virus within a few hou

being closed for an undefined period these are all possible this is now all right thanks so much andrew symonds there let's go live now to alison that m.p.r. the he's in the colombian capital bob atar brazil's dealing with a bit of a crisis going on there they're ordering vaccines but 2000000 for a population of over 200000000 how far will that go. well sami obviously not very far what i think this is a way for the brazilian government to show that there is some movement on this issue at a time when the president. and his government is being increasingly criticised for how slow the country is moving this fight the fact that that is the 3rd worst affected country in the world with the 2nd highest toll of the united states medical associations in brazil are openly criticizing president. so are the main news papers today for follow probably the most important newspaper in the tree has a major tauriel accusing goebbels on out of what they call deadly incompetence when it comes to facing the pandemic in general and him particularly now with the lack of details of the vaccination plan when there are

but then she has since the peak of the pandemic in march but go live now to london and zeros andrew symonds can tell us more what are we expecting up morris johnson to announce later. or 1st of all no surprise that that figure has gone up nearer to 59000 now those 7th straight day of increases beyond what was the peak of the pandemic in the u.k. in march early april now what boris johnson is likely to say is he's going to set out some new restrictions how tough they'll be remains to be seen but we're expecting them to be tough whether they'll amount to a full national lockdown arm of the sort we saw in march remains to be seen but whatever he's got to say will evidently be put to parliament for approval because parliament's being recalled on wednesday now or this announcement from downing street or about the prime minister's t.v. address which will take place of 20 g.m.t. that came after what should have been a day of fanfare with the release of the new. a jab the new vaccine from astra zeneca an oxford university look the that the vaccine that carries the hope of the world in the sense tha

difficult crisis for our country of in your case for families left behind the emotional cost is going andrew symonds travel to bradford in the north of england where densely populated poor areas are among the worst hit. all over the u.k. the enormity of what's happening is sometimes hard to absorb and. the health service is overloaded to near breaking point many hospitals have no more room left for the dead vast temporary mortuary is has been set up and now there's a landmark figure 100000 dead no one in our worst nightmares and to supply to that would be 10 months into the pandemic was such a high loss of life this is bradford there are high levels of deprivation poor housing and ethnic minorities living close together here has struck these communities hard and this muslim cemetery is where many of the dead are buried. the grave digging is relentless and they're running out of space coated has frozen painful moments like this in the minds and hearts of too many people brothers fathers mothers daughters sons taken by the virus and the numbers increase remorselessly 100000 lives lost and how many mor

diminishing level of power and a diminishing influence by the end of 2021 we may have an idea andrew symonds london. well the u.k. is also dealing with an escalating coronavirus pandemic surging infections in england forcing author to reactivate emergency nightingale hospitals that were set up when the pandemic began the u.k.'s military standing by to stop the facilities. a number of covered 9000 deaths in california has exceeded 25000 struggling hospital as a housing patients in the hallways conference rooms cafeterias and even gift shops . the most countries have held subdued celebrations to welcome in the new year. but there were large gatherings in new zealand one of the few countries able to hold relatively normal festivities after gaining control over the spread of the virus by iraq in the new year with a fireworks of likes to splay at the. is the world's tallest tower given the residents of view from all sides of the city and in kobe 1000 originated thousands gathered to celebrate by releasing the lives those were the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera after witness thank

diminishing level of power and a diminishing influence by the end of 2021 we may have an idea andrew symonds london let's get an idea of how things are going today the king crossing for the u.k. into europe that between dover and kalai and here in the team that are in cali france and britain on the other side in dover in the u.k. so paul let's start with you. still pretty quiet behind you i guess perhaps not so much expected today. no perhaps surprisingly quiet but there were predictions that 1st of all because new year's day is a public holiday 2nd of all because we're going into the weekend saturday sunday following today the other thing is that companies have been saying that they're going to put off sending freight across the channel perhaps for a week perhaps for 2 weeks in order to see how the process is bad in they didn't want the loads to be stuck here at dover potentially stuck at the other side of alec and so they've been holding off a little bit here behind me you can see that the police at the port of dover gates are actually nothing to do it rex if i can tell you that that they'

diminishing level of power and a diminishing influence by the end of 2021 we may have an idea andrew symonds london. britain's coastal towns were at the forefront of political demands during trade talks with the e.u. fishermen had been promised they'd take control of the seas around the u.k. but the deal struck wasn't what they were expecting and some say they feel betrayed john holl reports now from bricks in the south west of england. and all british catch landed at bricks in devon these waters have been fished by british and european boats for centuries making fish issue in the brink battle for sovereignty but while british fishes were at the forefront of the march to break the promise of winning back control of their waters has been broken a small increase in quota for a 5 year transition period some e.u. access retained many here field day with a price to be paid for a u.k. e.u. trade deal. we get. fishing accounts for a tiny fraction of the u.k. economy yet its importance in the trade talks has been far greater than that one of the last major issues to be resolved remember the breaks i

think if occasion will be hard after a cover up the country is only now coming to terms with andrew symonds as our report. the word sorry isn't enough for survivors and those bereaved spread right across ireland the secrets of 18 institutions concealed the deaths of an estimated 9000 babies and young children hidden mass graves worn in the corner here by a playground this is judy county galway it was a home run by nuns when nearly $800.00 babies were buried in an around the disused sewage tank chuma 9 more mother and baby homes run by the catholic church took in younger unmarried mothers there were 8 other institutions the state was supposed to be paying for care yet the women lived like prisoners most survivors and bereaved relatives believe the report's findings of government action is too little too late it seems that our worst fears have been realized they are going to trivialize the major overarching topics national age to the gross human rights abuses in those homes birth outside marriage had been treated not only as a sin but a crime in a country where a staunch the conservative cath

last year the number of actual cases may be even higher because not everybody is being tested andrew symonds has been following the story as you saw there and joins me now it's so we're expecting a promise to speak to it within about half an hour what what what we think he's going to say or just seen from that graphic this isn't just something of a curve it's a rapid sharp rise 6 day running we've seen figures in the 5000s infections and following on from that there will be an increase in deaths more than 75000 all up now 75000.

received state funding they also acted as adoption agencies for children born out of wedlock andrew symonds reports. the word sorry isn't enough for survivors and those bereaved spread right across the island the secrets of 18 institutions concealed the deaths of an estimated 9000 babies and young children hidden mass graves one in the corner here by a playground this is june county galway it was a home run by nuns when nearly 800 babies were buried in and around a disused sewage tank chuma 9 more mother and baby homes run by the catholic church took in younger unmarried mothers there were 8 other institutions the state was supposed to be paying for care yet the women lived like prisoners most survivors and bereaved relatives believe the report's findings and government action is too little too late it seems that our worst fears have been realized they are going to trivialize the major overarching topics that's related to the greys human rights abuses in those homes birth outside marriage had been treated not only as a sin but a crime in a country where a staunch the conservative catholic c

1000 lock that the prime minister brice johnson says restrictions will last at least 7 weeks andrew symonds reports now from london boris johnson had started monday at the rollout of the oxford university astra zeneca vaccine a world 1st easy to store and distribute but any fanfare was last replaced by a realisation that the spread of covert in the u.k. is out of control by the end of the day came this announcement the government is once again instructing you to stay at home you may only leave home for limited reasons permitted in law such as to shop for essentials to work if you absolutely cannot work from home to exercise to seek medical assistance johnson had said he hoped the rollout of vaccines could protect the most vulnerable people care homes carers medical staff and people over 70 by mid february he said all schools and colleges would have to close the weeks ahead will be the hardest yet but i really do believe that we're entering the last phase of the struggle because with every job the goes into our arms we are tilting the odds against coded and in favor of the british people and

last year and number of actual cases may be even higher because not everybody is being tested andrew symonds has been following the story as you saw then joins me now so we expect your promise to speak to within about half an hour what what what we think he's going to say or just seen from that graphic this isn't just something of a curve it's a rapid sharp rise 6th day running we've seen figures in the 5000s infections and following on from that there will be an increase in deaths more than 75000 all up now 75431 what boris johnson is likely to do is it's certain he'll come up with tougher restrictions however london and the whole of the southeast in fact millions upon millions of people are in the so-called tier 4 which is the highest form of restrictions now what more can you do beyond that schools are an issue universities christmas holidays have taken place this country controversy about whether or not the schools reopen on monday a lot of primary schools have reopened easy going to close those for the foreseeable future as scotland has done that's one issue possibly he could make for t

andrew symonds andrew this is lock down number 3 people must be sick and tired of it by now. yes there's really a southerner except once rather cross england scotland northern ireland and wales right now that life is not going to be right for some considerable time it's grim and there is also a feeling nevertheless that that with the vaccine there is some hope there is some possible light at the end of the tunnel and that really is behind the government's policy on this target is to roll out a vaccine that was happening on the 1st working day of the new year on monday that rolled out the astra zeneca oxford university vaccine was that the big world 1st for britain and that we found fair was tarnished very much by the sudden and early hours later announcement by boris johnson on monday evening that this big lockdown would be taking place right away now the this strategy is aimed at the vulnerable being protected within a matter of weeks and we're talking about 14000000 people here we're talking about the over 70 years we're talking about frontline care workers health workers r

kenya that capital nairobi and for me to miller is in johannesburg for us but 1st let's go to andrew symonds who's in london for the latest from the u.k. andrew so it's a big day for the u.k. isn't it a country where the infection rate has been soaring. where the infection rate of its highest and now this good news this is so much hope riding with it it is the oxford vaccine it was designed by works of university in april and now this extraordinary. approval of this vaccine to the rollout which is a. half a 1000000 doses small number of hospitals actually administering those doses to the elderly those vulnerable people and indeed health service staff initially and it will be rolled out to community. clinics to general practitioner clinics and to other places by the end of the week that will be hundreds of centers and that will then mushroom into a much larger operation the central issue is the logistics there are plans for tens of millions of doses in the coming months but the promise from the prime minister boris johnson to get a very high figure in the 10s of millions within that 3 months

zeneca vaccine nearly 200000 brazilians have died in the pandemic so far this go live now to andrew symonds he joins us from the british capital london so this is this takes today andrew print paint another grim picture for the u.k. . yes fred certain other sad milestone reached 75000 more than 75000 deaths so far in the u.k. and that effectual rate is now a standing offer sunday at 55000 if you compare that to a week ago when it was 30500 well work it out is on the way to doubling the number of infections so very sharp rise no doubt that the new variant of curve it is much is the major part of this but also a lot of health care professionals saying that the christmas holidays have a lot to do with it along with people getting more relaxed and not really taking all the precautions they should do perhaps because they know that or other there are these vaccines on the way and on that note boris johnson has been saying that he hopes that tens of millions of doses will be in place being used in the next 3 months that's seen to be a very ambitious target or statement if you will but there is a a

released on tuesday says 90000 children died in the chart church run homes between 922 and 998 andrew symonds reports. the word sorry isn't enough for survivors and those bereaved spread right across the island the secrets of 18 institutions concealed the deaths of an estimated 9000 babies and young children hidden mass graves one in the corner here by a playground this is june county galway it was a home run by nuns when nearly 800 babies were buried in and around a disused sewage tank chuma 9 more mother and baby homes run by the catholic church took in younger unmarried mothers there were 8 other institutions the state was supposed to be paying for care yet the women lived like prisoners most survivors and bereaved relatives believe the report's findings and government action is too little too late it seems that our worst fears have been realized they are going to trivialize the major overarching topics that's related to the greys human rights abuses in those homes birth outside marriage had been treated not only as a sin but a crime in a country where a staunch the conservative catholic c

andrew symonds travel to bradford in the north of england where densely populated poor areas are among the worst hit all over the u.k. the enormity of what's happening is sometimes hard to absorb. the health service is overloaded to near breaking point many hospitals have no more room left for the dead. temporary mortuary is has been set up and now there's a landmark figure 100000 dead no one in our worst nightmare is to suppose that would be 10 months into the pandemic was such a loss of life. this is bradford there are high levels of deprivation poor housing and ethnic minorities living close together here cove it has struck these communities hard and this muslim cemetery is where many of the dead are buried the grave digging is relentless and they're running out of space coated has frozen painful moments like this in the minds and hearts of too many people brothers fathers mothers daughters sons taken by the virus and the numbers increase remorselessly. 100000 lives lost and how many more to come the scale of this ongoing disaster can be measured in so many tragic ways the crowded g

race between the virus and the vaccine needs park out london live now to london and my colleague andrew symonds under 7 weeks with only going to the supermarket or taking some exercise outdoors is another big ask of people isn't it . it certainly appears there is a gloom right across the u.k. right now about these restrictions the same more or less back at the start of the pandemic and you heard the press conference involving the prime minister but boris johnson and his scientific and medical advisors well johnson was quite brief with what he had to say he didn't have to justify his actions with those figures you've just heard more than 60000 infection rate now the 7th day in a row that we've heard figures that are much much higher for ancient persian rates than the beginning of the 1st wave of the pandemics or the peak of the 1st wave of the pandemic and then we have 830 deaths on tuesday and furthermore we're looking at a 1000000 infections in england and in some parts one in 50 people infected now what johnson had to do was go on the defensive when the questions started coming in he had to d